Neo4 Plat SLI 1st PCIe slot issue

When I place an Aopen GF6800GT in the upper PCIe slot the system will hang at Memory test according to the D bracket. If I pull it out and boot with no vid card the system goes threw everything normal according to d bracket, I have no idea since I can't see anything.  If I put the card in the lower PCIe slot the system boots normally except I am stuck at 1x speed.  I have pulled everything from the board except CPU,Mem,Vid card and it's all the same, waited without power cord for 30min, all the tricks.  Is this a bad PCIe slot or is this something else.  I have read a few posts about vid card problems with this board.  Any ideas? My last thing to try is a BIOS update, mine isn't the most recent however I don't have high hopes for that solution...
This is the first time I bought an MSI board since their first Athlon board and it had to be RMA'd too, glad to see nothing has changed the last 5 years 

Quote from: aicjofs on 19-April-05, 02:44:37
That's my point.  Quality built boards have NO luck of the draw they are engineered with a bit more insight then a flimsy plastic piece rubbing over little metal contacts.  This is a horrible design....period. 
I can't agree more!!!
Quote from: aicjofs on 19-April-05, 02:44:37
But anyway, this isn't about bashing MSI.  I called tech support today.  If they have any switch cards they will send me one, wait time was <1min, have to give them credit there it was a painless experience.  Did everyone elses come with the switch card pre installed?  Just wondering if the switchcard was damaged at the "factory" or if somehow I got a used board.
I got 2 off these boards, and both come with switch card installed correctly and working. The problem only occurs when change from non-SLI to SLI, and then go back to original position. Because the switch card is damage by his latch, so is necessary lock it with the latch then use the damaged side.
As it was said by Anandtech, "We doubt that the lock will last through many changes from normal to SLI and back. In addition, once the pin is turned to unlock the SLI selection card, it is extremely difficult to lock the SLI card again once you have switched the mode. Someone in MSI design needs to take a look at this little plastic part and improve it before MSI gets a raft of RMAs because users can't secure the SLI card with a broken "lock pin"."
Regards,
M.W

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